Published 1:26 pm, Wednesday, April 13, 2016

A Midland Police Department officer was arrested in Odessa on Monday for allegedly assaulting a woman, according to court documents.

Rudy Robles, 23, was released Tuesday on bond for a charge of simple assault.

OPD officers were called to an apartment complex in Odessa in reference to a disturbance, according to the arrest affidavit. A woman stated that she was assaulted by Robles, according to the affidavit.

Robles allegedly started drinking alcoholic beverages Sunday evening and had continued to drink throughout the night, according to the affidavit. The woman and Robles got into a verbal argument about how much alcohol he was consuming and she started to pour out the alcohol, according to the affidavit.

Robles then grabbed her right arm and wrist and began to pull her, according to the affidavit. She told him to let her go, but he would not, according to the affidavit.

OPD officers observed small scratches on the woman’s right wrist and underarm.

Officers could detect a strong odor of alcohol emitting from Robles’ breath and observed that his eyes were red and his speech was slurred, according to the affidavit.

Robles, who has been with the department for three years, is currently on paid administrative leave, which is standard protocol while MPD Internal Affairs completes an investigation, said Midland public information officer Sara Bustilloz. There haven’t been any previous issues with Robles, Bustilloz said.

“The decision could include a variety of things, so usually while the investigation is happening the employee is on paid administrative leave,” Bustilloz said. “We usually wait until there’s a decision made before we send out a news release on it.”

In addition to Robles, two other Midland police officers were arrested in the past 10 years, Bustilloz said in response to a public information request.

Former MPD officer Jason R. Moore was terminated in August 2008 for a misdemeanor charge of official oppression, according to a previous Reporter-Telegram article. Early in the morning of June 26, 2008, Moore, along with other patrol officers, responded to a domestic disturbance between a husband and wife, according to the article.

The officers separated the couple and the husband left the scene with the other officers, according to the article. When Moore went with the woman to her vehicle to obtain more information, he subjected her to unwanted sexual advances and asked for sexual favors, according to the article.

The woman reported the incident to MPD and Moore was fired after an investigation, according to the article.

Jaren Speck, a former MPD probation officer, was terminated and arrested and charged with online impersonation on Dec. 13, 2013, according to an MPD press release.

A woman contacted Midland Police Department on Dec. 11 and said Speck had posted seven nude, sexually explicit photographs of her on a website, according to a Reporter-Telegram article.

Speck was placed on administrative suspension on Dec. 12, pending the outcome of the investigation. Speck was charged with online impersonation, which is a third-degree felony.

There is no timeline for the Internal Affairs investigation of Robles, Bustilloz said.